Scullery tank and tarle



Feb. 14, 1933. w. F. ROESCHER I 897,713

SCULLERY TANK AND TABLE Filed June 25, 1932 mm? 6 I- 1 A, A 7 o\ w M w I L I M 1 A fr! 0 2 A W W w w I 5 A T 1 0 4 5 Feb. 14, 1933.

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v Patented Feb. 14, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE Application fled June :5, 1m. Serial Io. 610,287.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in a sculle tank and table, and has for one of its objects to provide a device of this kind in which the finished 5 article will be a unitary inte al structure, thereby eliminating joint crac crevices r dirt catching ledges.

\ Another object of the invention is to produce a scullery tank and table from a plum rality of metallic sections welded together to form an integral structure having eat strength and rigidity and one which will be easily cleanable and sanitary.

Another object of the invention is to form a scullery tank and table from a number of sections or elements each of wh ch is bent, broken or fashioned from metal and then fitted together and welded. Thus a strong, light and relatively inexpenslve article is produced which will be compact, smooth and neat in a pearance.

Another object of this invention is to provide a form of structure which can be produced' from stainless steel so that the surface can always be kept in a bright appearing condition.

A further object of the invention as to generally im rove the construction of devices of this ind.

With these and other ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination ofelementshereinafterset forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which thisinvention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, refer ring by numerals to the accompan ing drawings forming a part of this app ication, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a scullery tank and table of one formation construced in accordance with my invention.

.15 Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the main or body section or element of the device.

Fig. 3 is a view, in perspective, of a partition section or element.

Fi 4 is an inverted view of the roll cap 59 for t 1e partition.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one end wall.

Fi 6 is a perspective view of the drain board or table and section of the'splash board.

Fi 7 is a fragmentary plan view of the roll ange in the region of a bend to illustrate the method of maki the elbows.

' Fig. 8 is a top plan vie of a modification.

Fig. 9, likewise, is a top plan view of another modification.

Fig. 10 is a front elevationof Fig. 9.

Fig. 11 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 12 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of one of the adjustable legs.

In carrying out my invention as herein embodied I produce, a main or body section 15 by employing a sheet of suitable meta in particular, stainless steel of from sixteen to in ten gauge thickness and break or bend the same along the parallel lines 16 and 17 to produce a bottom 18 a front wall 19 having an'outturned rolled flange 20 along its upper and a combined back wall 21 and ed e ,spl ash board 22, the upper edge of the latter being bent backward shghtly to form a plain flat inclined flange 23. All sharp corners are eliminated between the bottom and front and back walls by bending or breaking the so metal along curved lines as plainly shown in Fig. 2.

Upwardly rojecting extensions 24' and 25 are ashioned from the ends of the bottom 18 by bending or breaking the metal along 86 curved lines, and likewise inturned extensions 26 and 27 are formed at both ends of the "front and back walls respectively, and the upper ends of said extensions terminate short of the u(pper parts of said front and back walls an the oint between each pair of contiguous extensions is welded to form an integral structure. These extensions 26 and 27 are also broken from their respective walls along curved lines and at their upper. ends form shoulders 28.

Where only one end of the finished scullery tank and table is to be rovided with a table or drain board, then tlie opposite end of the splash board'section 22 has a straight contiguous extensions together.

flat oblique flange 29, Fig. 1, formed with and broken from said splash board and the up r end thereof merges into the flange 23 an the joint between the two is welded so as to form an integral structure.

An end wall is also formed from the same gauge metal as the body of the tank and isof a'size that will fit within the space between the extensions 25, 26 and 28 with the top part or head 31 set on the shoulders 28. and said head being provided with an out-turned roll flange 32 corresponding to the flange 20. This end wall is welded along the joints formed by itsedges and the 26, 2,5 and 27, as well as the shoulders :28, and one end of the roll flange is welded to the overhanging part of the s lash board 22. A filler 33, ig. 7, is place in the space between adjacent ends of the flanges 20 and 32 and the parts welded Another wall 34 is fitted in the space between the extensions 24, 26 and 27 at the.

opposite end of the tank and above this is then placed one end of a table section 35 which is formed from metal suitably fashioned, bent, or broken to provide a ain board 36, a front wall 37 to correspond with the front wall 19 of the tank above the shoulder 28 and a roll flange 38 corresponding1 with the roll flange 2 an end wall 39 an a roll flange 40, and also a splash board section 41 having an inclined rearwardly projecting flange 42, said splash board section 41 and its flange 42 corresponding to the splash board 22 and its flange 23 and meetin along a dotted line 43 where they are we ded together. At the outer end of the s lash board section 41 is formed a rearwar y rojectin flange 44, the upper edge of whic is wel ed to the flan e 42. Between the adjacent ends of'ro flan es 38 and is placed a filler 33 as descri ed in connection with another apart of the structure and the same welde in-place, and the rear end of the roll flange 40 is welded to an overhanging part at the outer end-of the splash board section 41. The bending lines between the drain board 36 and the walls 37 and 39 and the splash board section 41 are curved to eliminate all abrupt corners and in the finished article as shown in Fig. 1,v the drain board is inclined downwardly from its outer end to its int of connection with the end wall 34 to w ich it is welded.

Whenever the tank is to have but a single set of fittings connected therewith, the bot- .tom wall 18 of the main body section is provided with a single opening 45 to receive the drain fittings and the splash board is provi e with a pair of openings 46 to receive the water suppl fittings, but where the tank is to be of t e twin or multiple compartmented type, the several openin gs are duplicated or multiplied so that each neon-21a com artment will be rovided with an open ing or the drain an a pair of openings for the water supply fittinfgs.

In the articular' orm of device illustrated in ig. 1, a twin tank type is shown and therefore at some suitable point intermediate the ends of the main body section 15, I place a partition 47 including two similar lpoanels 4 having their front and rear and ttom edges bent in outward directions or away from each other, the same bein broken as is well known in the metal ben ing art and along curved lines in order to produce flanges 49, 50 and 51, which meet the walls 1 18 and 21 respectively, to which they are welded. On to of this partition is mounted a transverse y curved cap 52 having its corners notched as at 58 to register with the out-turned flanges 49 and 51 and permit said cap to fit down over the partition a suflici'ent distance to provide a good bearin surface. The capisthen welded to the pane s of the partition and the front and back walls 19 and 21 of the main or section 15 of the tank. I

the underside of the tank at an suitable location are mounted inverted c annel irons 54 the same being welded to the underside of the bottom wall 18 and preferably extending from points near the front of the tank to other ints near the back thereof,

and in these c annela are mounted sockets 55 in which are fitted the upper ends of the tubularl 56.

In the ower end of each leg. 56 is fixed a wall 57 having in 58 into which is screwed an or y threaded 0st 59 having one and cast in a foot 60 w ich latter is a bore 61 for registration with the leg 56 and as plainly shown in Fig. 12, the-major part of the threaded post 59 is located within said bore and the end of said threaded post terminates approximately at the upper end of the foot.

In Fi 8, I have illustrated a sculleg tank an table' wherein the tank is divid into three compartments 62, 63 and 64, by two of the partitions 47 and have a table 35 at one end and also illustrated in men 15 must be 0 greater length but by i tank,

changing the dimensions any size 0 shown a central threaded otpznprovided with dotted lines how a second table 35 can be compartments and table may be provided.

In Figs. 9, 10' and 11, I have further modification wherein both the tank are formed in the same way enda ol t r by shown a not? eliminating the end wall 30 and substituting one of the sections 35 so that a twin type tank is provided with a table at each end thereof.

From the foregoing description it will be obvious that I can reduce a solid, rigid integral structure 'w ich will be relatively light in weight, strong, durable and neat in appearance. Because of the elimination of a rupt corners and all recesses which tend to catch and hold grease or dirt the structure will be sanitary and if reduced from stainless steel, which I pre er, the whole structure may be easily and quickly cleansed without the necessity of having to wipe the same completely dry to prevent corrosion. The whole structure being integral there is no possibility of the parts separating or seams o ning up to cause leakage. 'A ve great vanta e of the structure set fort 13 that it is ma e of metal which is bendable and therefore is capable of withstanding hard usage and will not break even if struc an extraordinarily hard blow.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction as herein shown, as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claims without depa from the spirit of m invention.

Havln thus fully described my invention, what I aim as new and useful is:-

1. In a device of the kind described the combination of a main body section fashioned from a sheet of stainless steel broken to provide a bottom, a front wall, an outturned roll flange at the upper edge of said front wall, inturned extensions at each end of said front wall, the upper ends of which terminate short of the upper edge of said front wall to form shou era, a rear wall and splash board portion, an inclined outwardly projecting flange at the upper end thereof, inturned extensions at the ends of said rear wall, the up r ends of said extensions terminatin of said rear wall an forming shoulders and upturned extensions at the ends of the bottom wall, the ends of said last named extensions being welded to the contiguous ends of the extensions on the front and rear walls, an end wall reduced from a sheet of material fashione to rovide a head and broken to produce a rolfiange, said end wall fitted within the s ace between one set of extensions and we ded thereto, a roll flan filler fitted between the adjacent ends of t e roll flan es on said end wall and the front wall 0 the main bod section and welded thereto, another end wall fitted within the space between the other set of extensions and welded thereto, and a table section produced from a sheet of metal broken to provide a drain board, an upstanding front wall, a roll flange at the upper edge of said front wall, an end wall projecting s ort of the top line portion and welded to the adjacent end of the flange at the upper end of the lash board section, said table section fit into the main body section above the second mentioned end wall with the splash board elements in endwise alignment and the front roll flanges also in endwise alignment, said table section being welded to the main body section along all meeting edges whereby an integral rigid unitary structure is provided.

2. The structure set forth in claim 1, in

combination with means welded within the main body section for dividing the interior thereof into a plurality of compartments.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aflixed m si ature.

y $[LLIAM F. ROESCHER.

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